Latino (film)
Latino | |
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Directed by | Haskell Wexler |
Written by | Haskell Wexler |
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Cinematography | Newton Thomas Sigel |
Edited by | Robert Dalva |
Music by | Diane Louie |
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Distributed by | Cinecom Pictures |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | English Spanish |
Latino is a 1985 American war film directed by Haskell Wexler. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Plot[]
Set in the context of the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and their battle with the U.S.-backed Contra rebels in 1979, Mexican-American Vietnam vet Eddie Guerrero (Robert Beltran) was sent to help U.S. Special Forces train Contra rebels. Eddie falls for a local girl, Marlena (Annette Charles). However, when her father is killed by the Contras, things change.
Cast[]
- Robert Beltran as Eddie Guerrero
- Annette Charles as Marlena (as Annette Cardona)
- as Malena's Father
- Michael Goodwin as Becket
- as Attila
- Gavin MacFadyen as Major Metcalf
- as Gilberto
- Julio Medina as Salazar
- Juan Carlos Ortiz as Marlena's son
- Tony Plana as Ruben
- as Luis
References[]
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Latino". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1985 films
- American films
- English-language films
- American war films
- Films directed by Haskell Wexler
- Films set in Nicaragua
- Films set in 1979
- Films set in the 1970s
- Lucasfilm films
- War film stubs